Bihou Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Bihou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Bihou (241) may also be a first name.
Bihou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bihou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bihou is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bihou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,057,639th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Bihou live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 575,894th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 241 people.
The last name Bihou is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,835,210. In Burkina Faso Bihou is most common in: Centre Region, where 60 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 20 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside and Benin, where 7 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bihou
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